addicted

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

ad·dic·ted /əˈdɪktɪd/ adjective 1 MDDADDICTEDunable to stop taking a harmful substance, especially a drug 有瘾的，上瘾的addicted to Fifty million Americans are addicted to nicotine. 五千万美国人有烟瘾。2 LIKE somebody OR somethingliking something so much that you do not want to stop doing it or having it 对…着迷的，沉迷的addicted to kids addicted to surfing the Net 沉迷于上网的孩子们

Examples from the Corpus

addicted• The tragedy is most of them become addicted.• I tried to give up smoking several times before I realized I was addicted.• But the criminals target the illegal events, sell drugs and encourage people to become addicted.• By the time warnings were introduced, he says, he had become addicted.• She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted.• By the time such warnings were printed, he had become addicted, he says.• In acute cases, the babies are born addicted to cocaine.• By the time he was 16, he was addicted to heroin.• Its quite easy to get addicted to it.• The children of mothers who use crack or cocaine are often born addicted to the drug.addicted to• One in seven people is addicted to alcohol or drugs.• My kids are addicted to video games.